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Ruth 1:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons. "

Ruth 1:3

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1 In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.

3 Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

4 They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years.

5 Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.

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Ruth 2:1

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"Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz."

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Ruth 1:1

"In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons."

Ruth 1:2

"The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there."

Ruth 1:4

"They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years."

Ruth 1:5

"Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband."

Ruth 1:6

"Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread."

Ruth 1:7

"She went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her. They went on the way to return to the land of Judah."

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